Dutch court allows shipments of F-35 jet parts to Israel to continue following trial

A Dutch court has dismissed a bid by human rights groups to block the national government from exporting parts for F-35 jets to Israel.

The district court in The Hague decided on December 15 that supplying such parts was a political decision that judges should not interfere with after the groups claimed the jets were being used to enable “war crimes” in Gaza, Dutch News reported.

As reported earlier, a group of human rights groups have jointly been involved in a court case, making the case that the Dutch state was violating its own ban on weapons exports when there is a risk of breaches of humanitarian law.

The Netherlands houses a regional warehouse for US-owned F-35 parts distributed to countries, including Israel.